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Laughing Off Your Mistakes Makes You Seem More Competent
“People often overestimate how harshly others judge their minor social mistakes”
New Jellyfish Species Gets Its Michelin Star Moment
The newly described species went mislabeled for years
The Surprising Reason Female Caribou Grow Antlers
Shed antlers offer a valuable mineral supplement for moms
60,000-Year-Old Ostrich Eggshells Depict Ancient Human Thoughts
Homo sapiens were grooving on geometry in the Stone Age
Doing Science and Philosophy On Drugs
Justin Smith-Ruiu takes a philosophical and first-person look at psychedelics
Early Exposure to Junk Food Has Brain-Altering Effects
That first hit of burger and fries can leave quite the impression
The Thrill of Science in 2042
A science historian explains how science got its groove back. A fictional dispatch from the future.
What Do You Get When You Cross a Tardigrade with a Space Pioneer?
A little genetic engineering could help future space settlers survive the challenges of off-world living
